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| Nevada works to fix parole backlog that keeps poor behind bars |
| By reviewjournal.com- Bethany Barnes |
| Published: 10/05/2015 |
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Nevada is working to fix a system that keeps paroled prisoners behind bars because they're too poor to pay for somewhere to live on the outside. The fix: giving inmates deemed ready for release a place to go. Steps toward a solution won't require any construction. Two state departments — Corrections, which oversees prisons, and Public Safety, which oversees parole and probation — will work together at Casa Grande, an existing Las Vegas facility that is set up for parolees to go job hunting and get used to life beyond incarceration. Up to now, state officials contended they faced an uphill battle convincing prisoners to leave. The prisoners would rather just let their full sentence run out so they could hit the streets without a parole officer watching their every move. But April's backlog indicated only 16 percent of parolees who stayed behind bars were there by choice, and a little under half the total were held up while reworking release plans that would be found suitable by parole officials. Read More. |
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